Getting ready for take off...in four seconds...three seconds...two seconds...one second...ZERO!
Everyone at different tables were staring at Percy's table, one: because there is a Cyclops at the table eating peacefully. And two: there is a Cyclops at the table eating! Percy sat next to Tyson, Grover was on Percy's other staring at Tyson, Ino was slowly eating her food, and Naruto was jaw dropped by seeing Tyson.
Tyson looked at Naruto and Percy while stuffing a cauliflower in his mouth, "So...you two are the big shots here, right? You two saved the world and stuff?" he chewed. Grover slowly put the food he had on his fork into his mouth still staring at Tyson.
Percy nodded, "Y-Yeah, yeah..."
"U-Um yeah...we're known for that...but uh...it was a team effort really..." Naruto strained a smile. Tyson nodded in understandment. Naruto saw Annabeth sitting at the Athena table looking back staring at Tyson, he smiled and waved at her but she didn't wave back.
Tyson looked over at Percy's plate of food, "Hey, they put peppers in yours. Are you gonna eat that?" he asked the sea-green eyed boy.
"Eh, go ahead." Percy said, Tyson quickly grabbed the plate and dumped everything in his plate. Tyson saw Ino not eating her food.
"Are you going to eat that?" Tyson asked drooling at Ino's food.
Ino turned to him, "Actually I was gonn-"
"Thanks!" Tyson grabbed her plate and scooped out all the food onto his. He started back stuffing his face.
Percy leaned in closer to Grover, Ino, and Naruto, "Is he messing with me and Ino?"
Grover smiled softly, "I think he's hungry."
"No, not him! Poseidon! Is this suppose to be some kind of joke?" Ino asked holding herself back from shouting.
Naruto snickered, "If it's a joke, it's a good one. I haven't seen Ino this nutsy since Christmas." Ino punched Naruto on the side of his noggin causing him to cry in pain.
She looks so hot when she's angry. Grover thought watching Ino.
"I mean come on! A half-brother...Cyclops?!" Percy said to the three. The four faced Tyson who was loudly slurping his juice box.
"Well I think the politically correct term is 'Awkwardly Impaired'." Grover told Ino and Percy. "And another addition to the family is better than nothing."
Naruto smiled, "Yeah...the only sibling I have around my age is dead...it was Thalia, like you all know." he then glanced down somberly.
Tyson smiled brightly, "I like having a brother and a sister. Dad was cool to bring me here."
Ino and Percy looked at eachother then they faced Tyson with shocked expressions but quickly hid them trying to act normal.
"D-Dad brought you here?" Percy asked stunned a bit.
Tyson nodded, "Mhm! One day, I was upstate, the woods. One day, this Triton shows up over my head and it started moving South." he explained to Percy and Ino.
"A-And you followed it? Y-You followed it followed it...HERE?!" Ino questioned Tyson stunned. Her left eye was twitching.
Tyson shrugged, "It glowed."
Ino deadpanned, "Ohh, it glowed. Wow, that's truly amazing." she said in a sarcastic tone.
Clarisse walked up to their table with a smug grin, "Well! Somebodys got a new brother!" she said. "And I can see he's got his daddys eyes!" she leaned in forward some and squinted her eyes. "Well, eye." Everyone laughed at that except for Grover, Percy, Ino, and Naruto. "You should really get him some sprayable Mist."
Tyson ruffled through his bookbag and took out some shades, he placed it on his eye so that no one could see it.
"Anyway, it's a pretty timing...don't you think? Maybe Poseidon decided that he needed another child to...you know...represent." Clarisse smugly said.
Ino shot up but Grover tried to sit her down, "You listen here, bitch! Poseidon wouldn't do that to me and Percy! He loves us! It's just his damn hormones that brought Tyson here! I'll hurt you Clarisse! Real bad! You're afraid of your father! S-!"
"Bull." Tyson said.
Clarisse and Ino looked at him in confusion, "Excuse me?" They said in unison. Clarisse was gripping for her spear.
Naruto shot up pointing at Clarisse, "He's saying that you smell like bullshi-!" Grover clamped a hand over Naruto's mouth holding him down over his legs.
Tyson shook his head, "You don't smell like Bull. I'm saying something smells like Bull."
Everyones table began to shake all the drinks on table spilled as did the food. Naruto stood up with a frown.
"We got barrier action!" Clarisse announced running outside of the tent.
Naruto knitted his brows, "Barrier...Thalia." he ran out. Annabeth followed him with Percy, Ino, Grover, and Tyson. Naruto turned to Chris Rodriguez who was still at his table eating. "Chris, you coming?" he asked.
Chris shook his head, "Nah. Go on without me."
Naruto nodded and continued going out. He was in the front with everyone else who was outside. The shield began to have blue waves come on it as if someone or something was trying to break into camp. Everyone backed up a little except for Clarisse and Naruto.
Clarisse grinned, "That is so awesome."
Naruto looked at her, "And by awesome you mean, 'Thalia might be in trouble' awesome?"
Clarisse shook her head, "I mean awesome, awesome!"
The waves were coming again. "It's shield! The barriers holding!" Grover told everyone.
The shield finally shattered into pieces of glass, a Colchis Bull ran right through the shield. Everyones eyes widened at that and screamed, Naruto glared at it. Naruto felt his eyes turn red and his pupils turned to vertical black slits, his whiskers grew longer. Everyone started backing up.
"RUN!" Grover shouted running away and everyone else ran.
Colchis Bull ran after this boy and threw him over his head. Colchis Bull then ran after a crowd of people knocking Annabeth and some others down. Naruto tried to see Annabeth.
"Naruto!" Annabeth cried.
Naruto ran over to her and helped her up, "Come on! We gotta go!" The two ran. Naruto ran by a shed and the Colchis Bull came crashing out of it, knocking Naruto down roughly. He sat up and the Colchis Bull opened it's mouth and blew a ring of fire around Naruto. Naruto got to his knees, he pulled out Electro and ran to Annabeth, Grover, Percy, and Ino.
Everyone was getting different types of weapons to use against the Colchis Bull. Naruto met up with his friends that were running slowly.
"We have to find it's weak spot." Percy told them panting.
"Does it even have one?!" Grover, Ino, and Naruto asked in unison.
"Naruto, distract it for me!" Annabeth said. Naruto nodded and ran over to the Bull. But he spotted a red Camp Half-Blood flag, he ripped it down. Naruto got in front of the Bull.
Naruto gritted his teeth, "Hey! Hey! Olay! Olay! Yah! Yah!" he shouted waving the flag on his right side. The Bull's horns turned into spike balls, it ran over to Naruto knocking him down and the Bull smashed his head into the ground trying to cut Naruto who saw Annabeth on the side of the Bull holding a spear. She thrusted the spear into the gears of the Bull, but sadly the spear just turned into shreds. The Bull lifted it's head and glared at Annabeth.
Annabeth panted, "Oh crap, I'm dead..." she then sprinted running away, the Bull followed her. She jumped over some rocks and the Bull smashed through some. Naruto jumped up following the Bull.
Clarisse gritted her teeth seeing the bull, "I got this!" she ran over to the Bull, she jumped over a fence onto the Bull's back. Colchis Bull began to jump all around trying to get Clarisse off of it's back. Clarisse held on, she took out her sword and dived it down into the Bull's back causing it to spring up it's back. Clarisse flew off it's back, she hit a shed and fell onto some grass. She weakly sat up with blood dripping down her bottom lip to her chin, she saw the Bull running up to her, Clarisse gasped backing up. Tyson jumped in the way grabbing the Bull by it's horns. Clarisse's eyes widened.
Colchis Bull opened its mouth, a blast of fire was sent onto Tyson. Percy was putting a weapon he looked up to see this and his eyes widened with everyone else who was watching. The Bull stopped and everyone saw that Tyson was panting with smoke rising from his clothes, he was still alive.
Tyson looked up at the Bull, "Bad Bull." Colchis Bull closed its mouth glaring down at Tyson who still held onto its horns.
"Hey! Rust Bucket!" Grover shouted. The Bull turned to see Grover carrying a ram with Ino and some other kids. They ran the ram onto the side of Colchis Bull only to make it stumble some. Colchis Bull glared at them, everyone dropped the ram and ran away following Grover. The Bull ran after Grover and Ino, Naruto grabbed a rope he threw it around the Bull's waist, big mistake. Colchis Bull ran faster dragging Naruto along with it. Colchis Bull threw Naruto onto a stone wall, he hit it hardly. Naruto sat up with scratches on his face, some cuts that were dripping with blood on his face, and blood was dripping down his mouth to his chin.
Colchis Bull ran over to Naruto, it's horns scraped against the wall. The Bull opened it's mouth Naruto then grabbed his bolt and threw it inside the Bull's mouth, the bolt smashed into the gears. Colchis Bull then twitched it's entire body twitched, the Bull backed up twitching again until it paused...the Bull then blew up creating an explosion knocking Naruto down onto his stomach. Naruto's bolt landed near his fingers, the gears of the bull rolled around, Naruto got to his knees panting trying to catch his breath but he couldn't. His entire face throbbed with pain.
"Damn it, Uzumaki...do you know how hard it is to make these Bull's?" Asked a figure. It sounded like a male...a male he knew. Naruto's vision was blurry, the figure walked up closer to him. "Maybe next time you try to drown someone...you first make sure he's not a demi-god who can swim." The figure turned out to be Luke who was in front of Naruto who was still on the ground.
Naruto grabbed his bolt and stood up quickly pointing the bolt at Luke, "Luke...?" he panted.
"Turns out you're not the only half-blood who's hard to kill." Luke said holding something that was shaped like a circle, Naruto saw this. "You know, prophecy..."
Naruto now had a small frown, "W-What prophecy? What're you talking about?" he asked in confusion.
Luke faced Naruto, "You don't know? Well that's a long list of things your Uncle Chiron hasn't shared with you."
Naruto raised a brow, "Uncle?" he repeated.
Luke nodded, "He didn't tell you? Thought he would've told you that Zeus, Poseidon, Hera, Hades, Hestia, and Demeter are his half-siblings. Guess I was wrong." he lightly shrugged. "Heh. Chiron, Mr. D, and all the rest! Even your girlfriend, Annabeth...they don't care about us. To them...we're just...kids. A bunch of pawns mean't to be pushed around, told what to do. I'm not the only who thinks so..." he took out his transporter. "Sasuke couldn't make it, he's handling some business...for me. Think about what I told you...not the Sasuke thing...the other..." he disappeared in a green flash of light surprising Naruto.
Naruto panted, Why the hell don't people tell me anything? Prophecy. Could Annabeth know about this and didn't tell me? What about the others...?
*With Everyone Else*
Fire was burning on some sheds and cabins, a lot of people were injured.
Dionysus looked inside a cabin, "What'd I miss?"
Annabeth was looking around for Naruto, "Where's Naruto? Has anyone seen him?" she asked concerned for her boyfriend.
"Last time I saw him he was getting dragged away by that Bull." Clarisse told Annabeh. Clarisse went over to Tyson who was helping clean up. "Hey! You!" Tyson turned to look at her. "How come you aren't barbecued?" she asked curiously.
"Cyclops are fire proof." Tyson told her. "How did the Bull get through the barrier?" he asked panting.
Annabeth ran forward then stopped, "Oh my God's..." she muttered watching Thalia's tree wilting and dying slowly. Everyone ran out to Thalia's tree.
Chiron went up to it and saw blue dust on the side of it with smoke rising from it, he touched it and sniffed it, "Poison."
Grover was on the side of Chiron, "Is she...is the tree dead?"
"No, but dying." Chiron answered taking out a hanky.
Dionysus walked up to the shied and stuck his hand through it, "A condition we're about to become all too familiar with." he turned to everyone. "Everyone! We're going to need some of you to guard the perimeter!"
Annabeth got on her knees near the tree she picked up a small branch that had some dying leaves on it, she stared at it. "It feels like she's dying all over again...who would do this?"
"Luke poisoned Thalia!" Said the voice of Naruto. Everyone turned to look at him. He weakly walked over to the tree.
"Naruto!" Annabeth said. She ran over to him and kissed him on his lips then hugged him. Annabeth put his arm over her shoulder to help the blonde walk.
"Yay, you're alive." Clarisse said with dry sarcasm.
Naruto coughed, "Yeah...well I'm not the only one. Luke let the Bull in...the trees and barriers will probably be fading...and his plan..."
Clarisse turned to Naruto, "And that would be what exactly?"
Chiron held up a small bottle of poison, "Our elimination, Mrs. La Rue...our elimination."
*With Naruto*
"Ow!" Naruto yelped.
Annabeth scrubbed the blood off his face, "Just...hold...still." she grunted. She finally cleaned up his face, there were now just a few cuts on there. She saw him rubbing his face from all the scrubbing, Annabeth rolled her eyes and pecked his cheek.
Naruto grinned, "I love you."
Annabeth smiled, "I love you too." her expression then changed. Annabeth looked down and gently picked up a branch from Thalia's tree and wrapped it up in some cloth. She put in her pocket.
"I'll get Luke...I promise you that. He's just a damn bastard."
"I'm fine, really. You know how get about Thalia, just don't do anything wreckless alright? I lost Thalia, I can't lose you too." Annabeth whispered.
Naruto looked down then smiled brightly he wrapped his hands onto Annabeth's waist pulling her onto his lap. "You'll never lose me...I mean it. I'm strong! I get stronger everyday! So there is no way in hell I'm dying that easily." she laid her head down onto his shoulder and he cupped the side of Annabeth's face. "I got to go and talk to Chiron about something. I'll see you later."
Annabeth nodded and stood up. Naruto stood up and put his hands on the sides of her face he brought his lips down to hers, the two shared a passionate kiss for a few seconds then they broke apart with smiles. Naruto then left to go see Chiron, he saw Chiron outside working on some stuff on a desk.
"How's the antidote goin'?" Naruto asked Chiron.
Chiron mixed a few things, "Slowly."
Naruto gulped then sighed, "I know this probably isn't the best time but...there is something I have to ask you."
"What is it?"
I'll ask him the Uncle thing later..."Something Luke said...about a prophecy. And I'm mentioned in it...do you know anything about this?"
Chiron took off his glasses, "Knowledge isn't always power, Naruto. Sometimes it's a burden."
"I know that. But, like you said...I've been pretty unexceptional lately. It's got me wondering if I'm you know...prophecy worthy."
"They say that when the Gods wish to torture us they answer our prayers." Chiron smiled.
"Necklace of Hermonia, Hercules' bow, Apple of Discord..." Annabeth read off of her tablet then sighed. "Three millennia of Gods and demi-gods you think that someone would've come up with a cure for Thalia's tree."
Grover sat next to Annabeth, "Persephone did come up with Miracle Grow. Well we could try that." he suggested.
Ino scoffed, "I can come up with something way better than Miracle Grow...how about," she snapped her fingers getting an idea, "a life potion!"
"Babe, we are not in 'Sabrina The Teenage Witch'." Grover told her.
Annabeth's eyes widened at her tablet, "That's it."
Ino turned to her, "Life potion thing I said? Yeah, I know it is."
Annabeth held up her tablet for them to see, "It's something a bit similar to what you said...but it's not a potion. Right here."
Grover and Ino looked closely at it. Both their eyes widened.
"That is not gonna cure Thalia's tree, so much as get us all killed! Me in particular!" Grover frowned.
"Annie, are you trying to kill my Grovey-Bear?" Ino asked hugging Grover who was hugging her back.
Annabeth stood up, "It's perfect! It's exactly what we need! I'm taking this to Mr. D!" she told them running to Mr. D's office.
"No! W-Wha? Ahh!" Grover groaned and slipped his hand into Ino's, the two ran away to follow Annabeth.
"I was going to spare you this a little while longer." Chiron admitted to Naruto as they walked to an old house that had vines all over it and looked real old. "Go inside, upstairs in the attic, and come back down then we'll talk some more. Of course it is your say in this." Naruto looked at the house then walked in.
Naruto carefully walked up the stairs, he then walked into a old dusty attic that had unlit candles and spiderwebs on the walls. He walked forward slowly, Naruto's eyes widened once the candles lit up, he then saw a skeleton that had on Egyptian women clothes. The skeleton was sitting in a wooden rocking chair her head lifted up. Her eyes faced Naruto, her eyes were blue with no pupils.
"I am the Spirit of Delphi...Prophecy teller, Slayer of the Python. Approach, seeker...and ask." The Spirit Skeleton said.
Naruto slowly walked forward, "Well you see, I heard there was a prophecy about me. I'm Naruto Uzumaki, son of Zeus."
"But before you learn the future, you must know first...the past." The Spirit Skeleton told him. "Long ago, before our time, before Olympus and the Gods...Titans ruled the world. Lead by Kronos, a force so evil he devoured his own children. His wife, Rhea...begged for him to stop...which he did not. The three of his sons escaped. Hades, Poseidon, and Zeus... they destroyed Kronos. And vanished his remains to the depths of Tartarus. But, Kronos is fated to rise again...to exact his vengeance on Olympus, and the world. Only one half-blood child of the three eldest Gods can defeat him. This child shall be our salvation...or the cause of our destruction. It all begins when a half-nephew and half-Uncle grapple for a Fleece. The Son of the Sky and the Lightning Thief."
"Luke..." Naruto muttered.
"And that child shall reach nineteen against all odds..."
"...and see the world in endless sleep, the evil soul cursed blade shall reap. A endless choice, for Olympus stay...or raze." Naruto told Chiron. He turned to Chiron. "Just so you know, that is raze, with a 'z'...it means to destroy. I asked." he then took a deep breath. "Is there any chance...any chance at all that I might not be the guy in the prophecy? Not that I'm not happy that Olympus and everyone else is counting on me, it's just a lot to take in all at once."
Chiron stroked his beard and faced Naruto, "The oracle references a child of the eldest Gods, you however are not the only living heir of Zeus, Hades, or Poseidon. Hades' heir is Sasuke, you are the only living heir of Zeus and Poseidon's heirs are Percy, Ino, and Tyson. But you said that the oracle told you son of the sky...so it maybe talking about you, Zeus is powerful than Poseidon and Hades put together. You maybe the one in the prophecy, it could be referring to you."
Naruto stood up facing Chiron, "What if I, destroy Olympus for not being good enough to save it?" he asked.
"That seems a bit of a question."
*With Annabeth, Grover, and Ino/Dionysus' Office*
"It's absolutely out of the question!" Dionysus told Annabeth holding a wine glass.
"Listen to me for one moment!" Annabeth said to the God of wine.
Dionysus sat down, "I am listening!" he whined. "You want to go on a quest, oh! It must be Thursday!"
Ino sighed, "She's serious, she absolutely sure this going to work. So just let Annie go and get herself killed-ow! Damn you Annabeth!" she cried in pain as Annabeth pinched her elbow.
Dionysus looked in his glass that had water in it, "It was such a good year..."
Annabeth slammed her tablet down for Dionysus to see, "The Golden Fleece! Heals any living person or thing! Including Thalia's tree! We heal the tree...we restore the barrier around camp."
Dionysus picked up the tablet looking at it, "I'm surprised you want to go along with her on this Mr. Usherdered and Mrs. Yimono."
"Underwood/Yamanaka." Grover and Ino corrected him.
"Whatever. I mean, every satyr who has gone after the Fleece has died! And don't even get me started on demi-gods...so tragic." Dionysus whispered the last part.
"Right! I mentioned that to her!" Grover said and Annabth nudged him. "But, it's a risk I'm willing to take for the good of the camp." he smiled then nudged Ino.
Ino smiled, "I will also do this, for the good of the camp. I mean, come on! Look at us! This is Team Demi-god, getting ourselves into deadly situations is our kind of style."
Dionysus rolled his eyes, "Look," he began. He stood up and pulled down a map showing the Bermuda Triangle he pointed at it, "the last I heard...the Golden Fleece, was in the Sea Of Monsters! Humans however call it the 'Bermuda Triangle'. A place, not only as satyrs should be afraid of, so, the answer is no! No! I'm sorry Annabell."
"Annabeth."
"Whatever, it's a terrible idea." Dionysus told Annabeth.
"I've had a grand idea! Unless Thalia's tree can be cured...and the protective barrier around our camp restored. That every demi-god, centaur, satyr and nyphm will be killed in days if not sooner." Dionysus announced to the crowd who was sitting in stone like bleachers.
Tyson turned to Naruto, "Hey...you okay? Camp will be okay...you gotta have faith right?" he whispered to Naruto with a smile. Naruto smiled back.
Naruto turned to Percy, "Your brother is kind of nice...let me rephrase that, really nice."
Percy nodded, "Yeah, I know."
"Now we have considered the matter! And after great study...I have determined that the only power to save Thalia's tree and therefore our home, is the Golden Fleece of myth!" Dionysus told the crowd, he snapped his fingers and a poster on a wall rolled down showing two soldier men holding up the Fleece.
Annabeth's eyes widened, "What?!" she whispered.
"Dionysus totally stole your idea Princess!" Ino chuckled at Annabeth.
"Who's touch," Dionysus paused he looked at the notes on his hand and continued pointing at the picture, "can heal...every person and everything!" Annabeth rolled her steel eyes. "So then it requires a quest, a mission of mercy if you will. Into uncharted and deadly waters, without nothing else at stake... but our own survival. Now, a satyr is naturally drawn to the power of the Fleece, so therefore, there must be a satyr who will guide a half-blood on this quest."
Annabeth glanced at Grover, "Thanks a lot." Grover said to her sarcastically in a whisper.
"Exsitae! Will you guide the champion?" Dionysus asked the satyr Exsitae who stood up with a cocky smirk.
Exsitae nodded, "Ohh yeah!" The crowd clapped cheering.
Percy turned to Annabeth, "I heard that he likes Ino." he whispered to Annabeth.
Annabeth tried to hold back a laugh, "The guy is seventeen with facial hair...plus Ino seems to be really inlove with Grover. Look." They turned their heads to see Grover and Ino making out.
"Yeah, Grover has nothing to worry." Percy smiled.
"Not unless if you tell him that Exsitae likes Ino." Annabeth smiled.
Percy shook his head, "Then he'll become paranoid."
"Great! Now, as to who that champion shall be called for our finest fighter...and hero, ugh I hate that word. Anyway, the best of us! The strongest!" Dionysus listed off. Naruto lifted up his head feeling that Dionysus maybe talking about him. "The bravest! The daughter of the God of war! Clarisse!" Everyone clapped and cheered for Clarisse as she stood up with a winning smile. Naruto looked at her feeling almost hurt inside.
"Her name he gets right..." Grover mumbled.
After the rally Naruto tried running after Clarisse who was talking with Exsitae and her friends.
"Clarisse! Clarisse!" Naruto called.
Clarisse turned around, "What?!" she then saw Naruto facing her. "Oh. Tch, don't worry about always coming in second, Uzumaki. You do get use to it...I think...alright obviously. I wouldn't know."
"Just wait a second...Luke is still out there! He's involved with the Fleece, somehow, and I got a feeling that he is not done yet." Naruto warned her.
"Really? Because I've got a feeling that...I don't really care!" Clarisse snapped at the blonde. "Gosh, don't look so wounded. Listen, there are Generals and there are foot soldiers you should be lucky that you even made it to the army at all. Just try not to screw anything up too badly while I'm gone...okay?"
Percy walked up to Clarisse, "Clarisse, give him a break will you. You're just jealous."
Clarisse snickered then turned to her friends, "Let's go!" She and her friends walked away. So did Grover, Ino, Annabeth, and Percy...leaving him alone.
*Thalia's Tree*
Naruto sat in front of the slowly dying tree looking at Electro then he looked up at his sister's tree.
"Cursed blade shall reap...what the hell does that even mean? Do you know, dad? I guess you wouldn't...what about you sis, do you know?" Naruto asked the tree. "Thalia, no one thinks I'm that strong goofy fourteen year old kid anymore...they think I'm a one quest wonder fifteen year old guy who got lucky in retrieving dad's bolt. Nobody thinks I'm good enough anymore, they think I'm just lucky, sometimes I think...maybe I am. What good is a prophecy if you can't understand it...cursed blade shall reap. That's stupid...Clarisse is going on the mission. It should be mine! I'm your brother! So it's my duty to take care of things like this for you!" he then stayed quiet and had an idea. "Maybe there's a way..."
Well there it is! I feel so sorry for poor, poor Naruto...
Next Chapter Title: Team Demi-god Is Back!